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Impact of National Security Law

(25 May) As a matter of fact, the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) National Security has been secretly operating in Hong Kong. In 2016, the United States issued a human rights report that Paul Lee's disappearance was suspected to be related to national security, which was quickly denied by the Hong Kong government by saying that "law enforcement agencies outside Hong Kong have no authority to enforce the law in Hong Kong", indicating that they also knew that the truth could not be revealed. The abduction of businessman Xiao Jian-hua at the Four Seasons Hotel in 2017 also caused a stir for a while. Interesting enough, the Police's Hong Kong Island Regional Headquarters received a call for help, but as the matter greatly overstepped the limits of what they could handle, the embarrassment of the Hong Kong Police investigating the National Security was avoided on the pretext that "the subject has reported his safety to the police and his family has requested for the case to be dismissed". From this incident, it is simply false to say that "the CCP National Security forces can come to Hong Kong to enforce the law after the National Security Act has come into effect" because they have been there all along, and there are dens of them in many housing estates such as Taikoo Shing and Fo Tan.

//more convenient for them to blatantly engage in all kinds of unscrupulous activities. They can connect to the database link of the Hong Kong Police Force, and have the power to order banks to hand over the transaction records of their targets or even freeze their assets

//Home raids, kidnappings, killings, and overruns by the CCP will become even more rampant after the National Security Law takes effect.


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https://telegra.ph/Impact-of-National-Security-Law-05-28

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The relationship between XPCC and Hong Kong

(1 Aug) Following four communist officials including Chen Quanguo, the U.S. Treasury Department once again imposes sanctions on the grounds of human rights in Xinjiang. This sanction is a big matter because the U.S. sanctions the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC). The impacted industries are so wide that it grants a 60-day grace period for American companies to find alternative suppliers. In addition, the commander Peng Jiarui and the predecessor Sun Jinlong are both sanctioned.

//XPCC is... a body consisted of the Party, the government, the military and a business... has an independent militarized management and judicial system, and is composed entirely of Han Chinese... regarded as the third special administrative region of China outside of Hong Kong and Macau.

//XPCC came to Hong Kong to attract investment in 2013... 25 Hong Kong companies had invested USD 420 million in XPCC

//Last year, Prince signed a cooperation agreement with XPCC in Beijing and invested 4 million yuan to help build a training center in Xinjiang that can accommodate 8,000 people.

//The Hong Kong headquarters manages the finance, the Beijing and Shanghai offices manages the business, and opened a base in Xinjiang in 2018.

//To this type of company, Hong Kong has lost its status as a financial base for it after the United States ending Hong Kong’s special trading status. This type of company is on the watchlist and next to be sanctioned.

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https://telegra.ph/The-relationship-between-XPCC-and-Hong-Kong-08-15

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Translated by: Hong Kong Echo

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